Essential Prog

[Hatchetaxe&saw]

[Mara]

QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Sep 30 2010, 09:47 AM)

RIVERSIDE'S Second Life Syndrome Buy this NOW. Best modern progressive band you've never heard of.

An absolute "must-have". P-d introduced me to this band, and it was love at first measure, almost. They are incredible.

[ozzy85]

A somewhat obscure band, but try Focus ...stick with the 1974 and earlier stuff. They make my playlist often.

[Rushman14]

anyone remember this one?

 

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[Presto-digitation]

QUOTE (Mara @ Sep 30 2010, 08:33 PM)

QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Sep 30 2010, 09:47 AM) RIVERSIDE'S Second Life Syndrome Buy this NOW. Best modern progressive band you've never heard of. An absolute "must-have". P-d introduced me to this band, and it was love at first measure, almost. They are incredible.

[rushgoober]

QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Oct 4 2010, 04:35 PM)

QUOTE (Mara @ Sep 30 2010, 08:33 PM) QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Sep 30 2010, 09:47 AM) RIVERSIDE'S Second Life Syndrome Buy this NOW. Best modern progressive band you've never heard of. An absolute "must-have". P-d introduced me to this band, and it was love at first measure, almost. They are incredible. Back when my friend Grandpa Grizz was alive, he co-hosted my radio show once and he played a 15-minute track form this album. My memory of it was that it was all over the place and some parts were great, but one part actually had a little screamo in it, which kind of killed the rest of the track for me...

[Gompers]

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Oct 4 2010, 07:39 PM)

QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Oct 4 2010, 04:35 PM) QUOTE (Mara @ Sep 30 2010, 08:33 PM) QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Sep 30 2010, 09:47 AM) RIVERSIDE'S Second Life Syndrome Buy this NOW. Best modern progressive band you've never heard of. An absolute "must-have". P-d introduced me to this band, and it was love at first measure, almost. They are incredible. Back when my friend Grandpa Grizz was alive, he co-hosted my radio show once and he played a 15-minute track form this album. My memory of it was that it was all over the place and some parts were great, but one part actually had a little screamo in it, which kind of killed the rest of the track for me... You are getting old.

[Gompers]

QUOTE (The Owl @ Sep 29 2010, 11:27 AM)

Go to Progarchives.com and go to their top 200 of all time....... there you go

[Presto-digitation]

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Oct 4 2010, 06:39 PM)

QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Oct 4 2010, 04:35 PM) QUOTE (Mara @ Sep 30 2010, 08:33 PM) QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Sep 30 2010, 09:47 AM) RIVERSIDE'S Second Life Syndrome Buy this NOW. Best modern progressive band you've never heard of. An absolute "must-have". P-d introduced me to this band, and it was love at first measure, almost. They are incredible. Back when my friend Grandpa Grizz was alive, he co-hosted my radio show once and he played a 15-minute track form this album. My memory of it was that it was all over the place and some parts were great, but one part actually had a little screamo in it, which kind of killed the rest of the track for me... You should listen to more of it.   Best prog band on the "scene" today.

[In A Tidewater Surge]

I tried to listen to this album and couldn't make it all the way through a single track :x

[rushgoober]

QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Oct 4 2010, 05:03 PM)

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Oct 4 2010, 06:39 PM) QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Oct 4 2010, 04:35 PM) QUOTE (Mara @ Sep 30 2010, 08:33 PM) QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Sep 30 2010, 09:47 AM) RIVERSIDE'S Second Life Syndrome Buy this NOW. Best modern progressive band you've never heard of. An absolute "must-have". P-d introduced me to this band, and it was love at first measure, almost. They are incredible. Back when my friend Grandpa Grizz was alive, he co-hosted my radio show once and he played a 15-minute track form this album. My memory of it was that it was all over the place and some parts were great, but one part actually had a little screamo in it, which kind of killed the rest of the track for me... You should listen to more of it.   Best prog band on the "scene" today. A very kind person is sending me a different Riverside album and some other modern prog, so I will definitely be giving it a full and fair listen.

[Imaginos]

If you like "Riverside" check out another Polish band named "Pinkroom".

Germany's "RPWL" are another great prog band (quite Pink Floyish in places).

 

[Gompers]

QUOTE (Imaginos @ Oct 5 2010, 07:55 AM)

If you like "Riverside" check out another Polish band named "Pinkroom". Germany's "RPWL" are another great prog band (quite Pink Floyish in places).

RPWL is Floydlike but much more mainstream sounding. They do have some decent material.

[greg2112]

A few must-haves off the top of my head:

 

2112 through Signals -- Rush

Thick as a Brick - Tull

Aqualung -- Tull

Close to the Edge -- Yes

Fragile -- Yes

Deadwing -- Porcupine Tree

Selling England By the Pound -- Genesis

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -- Genesis

Pink Floyd -- Animals

Scenes from a Memory -- Dream Theater

Edited October 6, 2010 by greg2112

[metaldad]

One album that really is under the radar is Kansas -Song For America . Great music on that one

[Rushman14]

QUOTE (metaldad @ Oct 6 2010, 01:31 PM)

One album that really is under the radar is Kansas -Song For America . Great music on that one

I'm listening to Point Of Know Return right now. Definitely essential prog

[tjtull]

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Sep 29 2010, 10:53 AM)

QUOTE (Joshua @ Sep 29 2010, 08:12 AM) I am puzzled by rushgoober's omission of Yes's Tales From Topographic Oceans. Concerning Yes, I would highly suggest Close To The Edge as an essential prog record. I also would strongly disagree with his Jethro Tull picks. Essential prog Tull are the albums, Thick As A Brick and Passion Play. The latter record more so. It is sadly an underrated and misunderstood prog-rock masterpiece that gets dismissed even by other Tull fans. Requires a couple good focused listens for proper absorption. Brilliance. on Tales - I added it in.   Thick is a Brick is great, but it still needs to grow on me more. Passion Play has some really great sections but that cartoony part just kind of kills it for me. Still, both are well worth owning... The use of alliteration in The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles is what gets me to listen to it.   I admit, when I first listened to A Passion Play, I didn't get it at all...and didn't for years. It's an album that takes a very long time to absorb. So much going on.   I like your earlier list, especially your KC selections!!

[metaldad]

QUOTE (Rushman14 @ Oct 8 2010, 12:31 PM)

QUOTE (metaldad @ Oct 6 2010, 01:31 PM) One album that really is under the radar is Kansas -Song For America . Great music on that one I'm listening to Point Of Know Return right now. Definitely essential prog That album should be listed as well

[jesse2112]

Now I've im a fan of King's X and I've seen them classified as Prog Metal but I don't think they can fit in that category, so I need some opinions on this

[udanax]

[Imaginos]

I've only just recently discovered Phideaux and I'm very impressed with what I've heard ("Doomsday Afternoon" & "Number Seven") any fans on here who could point me towards another good Phideaux album?

[Gompers]

QUOTE (Imaginos @ Oct 18 2010, 04:11 AM)

I've only just recently discovered Phideaux and I'm very impressed with what I've heard ("Doomsday Afternoon" & "Number Seven") any fans on here who could point me towards another good Phideaux album?

ProgArchives has ratings on releases by that band. I would check out Sylvan as well. They have some great music in a similar Prog vein. Their two best CDs are Posthumous Silence and Artificial Paradise.

[Imaginos]

I have Sylvian's "Posthumous Silence" & the more mainstream "Presets". Both great albums.

[Gompers]

[ColdFireYYZ]

I think I did this a while ago, but since then I've listened to a lot more music, so I'm going to redo it.

 

Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here

Anglagard - Hybris

Blackfield - Blackfield II

Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water

David Gilmour - On An Island

Dixie Dregs - What If

Dream Theater - Octavarium

Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

ELP - ELP

ELP - Tarkus

ELP - Trilogy

Frost* - Milliontown

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound

Gentle Giant - Octopus

Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses

Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood

Jethro Tull - Aqualung

Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

Jon Anderson - Olias of a Sunhillow

Kansas - Kansas

Kansas - Song For America

Kansas - Leftoverture

Kansas - Point of Know Return

King Crimson - In The Court of The Crimson King

Marillion - Marbles

Marillion - Season's End

Marillion - Clutching At Straws

Marillion - Brave

The Nice - Nice

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon

Pink Floyd - Animals

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing

Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet

Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream

Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun

Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime

Riverside - ADHD

Rush - Hemispheres

Rush - A Farewell to Kings

Rush - Moving Pictures

Rush - Permanent Waves

Rush - Signals

Steven Wilson - Insurgentes

Transatlantic - The Whirlwind

VdGG - He To He, Who Am The Only One

VdGG - Pawn Hearts

VdGG - Godbluff

Yes - Close To The Edge

Yes - Drama

Yes - Fragile

Yes - Going For The One

Yes - The Yes Album